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Romance Language

  • Joe Godfrey
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day
  • 1M, 2F
  • ISBN: ps2890

Everything changes for intelligent but isolated widow Kay when she begins taking Italian lessons -- but not quite the way her daughter Penny had planned.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 85 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Large Stage
Everything changes for intelligent but isolated widow Kay when she begins taking Italian lessons - but not quite the way her daughter Penny had planned. 

Rather than the language, it's the unexpected love for her Italian teacher Fiore that pulls Kay back into the world. But when Penny begins to question Fiore's intentions, Kay is torn between the two people she loves. Is Penny justified in her suspicions about Fiore, a man closer to her age than her mother's? Or could Fiore be right that Penny seeks to sabotage their happiness in her jealousy and blind devotion to her late father?

Emotions soar to the passionate heights of Italian opera as Kay confronts a wrenching decision.
REVIEWS:

"Godfrey knows just how to mingle exposition with enough rising action to hold the rapt attention of an audience. [...] The dialogue is natural and witty, while the plot is intriguing and inventive. [...] Godfrey has a free-flowing pen when it comes to unexpected revelations."

 Waterbury Republican

"Romance Language keeps the audience entertained and in suspense. [...] This decadent play will have the audience wishing for far-off lands, not wanting to return, but will ultimately bring them back... Lessons will be learned and boundaries will be pushed on this romantic journey."

 TheaterScene

"Overflowing with lust and intrigue...the tragic interplay of love and money is a timeless theme onstage."

 TheaterMania

Premiere Production:

Romance Language received its world premiere production at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, Connecticut, March 27, 2014.

Romance Language received its Off-Broadway premiere at Theatre 511 at Ars Nova, on October 13, 2015.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • KAY MORGAN - 55 or so, divorced, attractive but not flashy, ex-housewife.
    PENNY MORGAN - 32, Kay's daughter, stylish, businesswoman (corporate lawyer), smart and aggressive.
    FIORE BENEDETTO - 35-40, handsome, native Italian, private language instructor.

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    Everything changes for intelligent but isolated widow Kay when she begins taking Italian lessons -- but not quite the way her daughter Penny had planned. 

    Rather than the language, it's the unexpected love for her Italian teacher Fiore that pulls Kay back into the world. But when Penny begins to question Fiore's intentions, Kay is torn between the two people she loves. Is Penny justified in her suspicions about Fiore, a man closer to her age than her mother's? Or could Fiore be right that Penny seeks to sabotage their happiness in her jealousy and blind devotion to her late father?

    Emotions soar to the passionate heights of Italian opera as Kay confronts a wrenching decision.

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